# Incident 19780808049549I: Doug DC831, Las Vegas, NV, August 8, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1978, 11:45 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mccarran International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DAL
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N809E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC831
- People aboard: 155
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78DA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780808049549I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

TIRE BLEW ON TAKEOFF, FLIGHT RETURNED SAFELY. MINOR DAMAGE TO GEAR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB OAK78DA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DA041), Aug 8, 1978: Douglas DC-8 (N809E), Las Vegas, NV, incident, minor damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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